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An out-of-control SUV struck and killed a man who was jogging Sunday near the LifeSource Adventist Fellowship church along the West Hampden Avenue frontage road.

Denver police responded about 12:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday, finding a trail of tire tracks that veered off the road, led through a wooden fence and into the back of a home in the 3500 block of South Harlan Street. The jogger was pronounced dead at the scene, and a man found pinned between a wall in his home and the SUV was treated for minor injuries before being released from a local hospital.

A developer’s plan to build nearly 250 apartments near the federal prison at Kipling and Quincy is drawing the ire of local residents.

About 150 people attended a community meeting April 3 that the developer held as part of the county’s rezoning process, and many raised concerns about increased traffic and spoiled views of the mountains.

Newly appointed Fire Chief Don Lombardi of West Metro Fire Rescue plans to expand the department’s role in non-emergency health care and citizen safety training.

On Tuesday, April 3, the district board unanimously voted to hire Lombardi as its next chief. Lombardi has been with West Metro for 21 years and had served as interim fire chief since October 2011, when Chief Douglas McBee retired.

Lombardi grew up in Littleton and attended the University of Colorado, where he earned his bachelor of science degree.

Violent strobes of color, energized dance and a backdrop of renowned psychedelic rock saturate the senses in the Littleton Town Hall Arts Center’s production of “Tommy,” a nearly overwhelming contrast to the title character’s catatonic state.

E.J. Boillot keeps jumpers hopping twice a week at Ute Meadows Elementary from late September through July and August for two and half hours a day. “It’s pretty much year-round. In an off-World year, guys will be done around the last of June. We wouldn’t go again until September,” Boillot said. “But with this being a World year, they’ll stay jumping, competing, staying in shape until the 8th of August. Then we’ll start again around the 15th of September.”

Glitches in the emergency notification system that caused a number of homes that were supposed to be evacuated during the Lower North Fork Fire to be passed over for reverse-911 calls have now been fixed, a Jefferson County official said.

Problems with FirstCall Network, the emergency notification company that Jeffco uses, caused fewer than 120 homes in the evacuation area not to receive the evacuation call, according to Jeff Irvin, executive director of the Jefferson County Emergency Communications Authority.

Several years ago, when I was still a state legislator, I carried a bill to provide tax breaks for volunteer firefighters to offset the costs of their safety equipment. These volunteers, who are on the front lines of wildfire response in most mountain areas, must often buy their own boots, helmet, jackets and other personal protective equipment. A tax credit would allow more volunteers to serve their communities, helping all citizens in the process.

ARVADA — The stresses of a high school swimming season can become apparent just prior to the push for league and state championships.
With state six weeks away, swimmers have spent numerous hours in the pool building up the anxiety of high expectations. Just as the mental strain could overcome an athlete’s psyche, the unique opportunity of the Jeffco League Relays provided an escape from pressures the season can bring.

LAKEWOOD — One look at the Evergreen boys’ lacrosse team’s 8-0 record and it’s easy to see that they are having a red-hot season. So when they defeated the Chatfield Chargers 12-5 on April 4 at Trailblazer Stadium, the only thing that was shocking was that it was the first time the Cougars had beat the Chargers.